Scientists report that reshaping zinc oxide particles may reduce the white residue common in mineral sunscreens. UCLA scientists have created a new mineral sunscreen formula designed to reduce the ...

The consumer group CHOICE is demanding more honesty from sunscreen manufacturers after many leading brands were found to contain nanoparticles. There is controversy as to whether the particles, which ...

Rice, a staple food for billions, faces a growing threat: climate change. Rising temperatures and increasingly frequent heat waves are taking a toll on rice yields worldwide. Researchers have been ...

UCLA researchers have developed a mineral sunscreen formulation that significantly reduces the white, chalky cast that keeps ...

It addresses a widespread problem that makes SPF tough to use.

A common sunscreen ingredient, zinc nanoparticles, may help protect rice from heat-related stress, an increasingly common problem under climate change. Zinc is known to play an important role in plant ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London. Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and ...

(Nanowerk News) The Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) has developed a safety evaluation technology for nanoparticles used in UV-blocking cosmetics and has listed it as an ...

Although sunscreen does help protect our skin from the sun's harmful UV rays, it isn't designed to keep that skin cool. An experimental new sunscreen does that very thing, however, while maintaining ...

Sunscreens enhanced with lignin, a component of wood, can have sun protection factors (SPFs) that exceed 180. They also seem to last longer and penetrate less into the skin than existing products, ...